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Federal ICE agents have arrested a rape suspect after he posted bail in Boston. (Herald file photo.)A man accused of picking up an intoxicated woman near Faneuil Hall in December and raping her has been arrested by immigration officers after walking free on bail.Alois Mutare, 42, is currently in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings before a federal immigration judge, a statement from a Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said. Mutare is a citizen of Zimbabwe, officials say, and court records showed a Worcester address for the man.An attorney for Mutare did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.Mutare was indicted last month on a charge of rape and five counts of larceny for allegedly picking up the woman on the evening of Dec. 21 after she had been drinking at bars near Faneuil Hall and while Mutare claimed he was on a break between Postmates food deliveries.The woman told police she didn’t remember getting into Mutare’s car but remembers a man hovering over her in a vehicle at some point, prosecutors said. Mutare allegedly raped the 25-year-old woman, and at one point the woman crawled out of the car’s backseat before re-entering, prosecutors say video surveillance shows.Todd Lyons, ICE Boston’s acting field office director for enforcement and removal operations, commended the arrest while condemning “sanctuary polices” that keep immigration agents in the dark about illegal immigrants facing criminal charges.“This arrest is another sign of the threat that sanctuary policies pose to our communities,” Lyons said in a statement. “ERO Boston will continue to arrest public safety threats that are released back to the communities, but we remain committed to working with our local law enforcement partners to keep the Commonwealth safe.”Mutare was lawfully admitted to the United States in 1999 as a nonimmigrant but failed to depart in accordance with his terms of entry, ICE said.Boston police initially arrested Mutare on Dec. 28 when they allegedly caught him in his car near Faneuil Hall the following weekend, Mutare denied having intercourse but told police, “If I need sex, it’s simple to ask, you can ask for sex and get sex if you want,” according to prosecutors’ filings.Boston Judge Lisa Medeiros released Mutare last week on a $25,000 cash surety posted for his $250,000 bail, according to court records, and ordered Mutare to surrender his passport, remain in Massachusetts but stay out of Boston and refrain from providing ride-sharing services.A spokeswoman for the Trial Courts, citing a court policy from November 2017, said the court “neither helps nor hinders ICE in its enforcement efforts.”The Suffolk District Attorney’s Office did not respond to questions about this case.Postmates did not respond to questions if Mutare worked for the company as he claimed. Lyft said Mutare has not provided rides to customers since he failed a background check in 2017.PrintThanks for reading!Get unlimited access to enjoy this article and moreAlready a subscriber? LoginView more on

Federal ICE agents have arrested a rape suspect after he posted bail in Boston. (Herald file photo.)A man accused of picking up an intoxicated woman near Faneuil Hall in December and raping her has been arrested by immigration officers after walking free on bail.Alois Mutare, 42, is currently in ICE custody pending immigration proceedings before a federal immigration judge, a statement from a Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman said. Mutare is a citizen of Zimbabwe, officials say, and court records showed a Worcester address for the man.An attorney for Mutare did not respond to a...

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